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BBC updates Android news app
UK public broadcaster the BBC has updated its news app for Android devices. The update…
Euronews expands in East Africa with Zuku debut
African pay TV platform Zuku has added the English version of news channel Euronews to…
KDG extends high-speed access
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has extended its high-speed internet offering to an additional…
Discovery launches more channels on DStv
Discovery Networks CEEMEA is to launch two new channels on the South Africa-based pay TV…
Verimatrix secures Kosovan deployment
Verimatrix has announced that its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV has been deployed…
Telefónica selects JDSU for IPTV monitoring
Telefónica has deployed test and measurement specialist JDSU’s Home Performance Management solution to monitor and…
Mediasmiths Forge opens for business
Consultancy and research and development group Mediasmiths has opened Mediasmiths Forge, a Belfast based software…
EBU names first media director
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has named Annika Nyberg Frankenhaeuser as its first media director….
Volia names B2B chief
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has named Mikhail Dmitrichenko as head of business-to-business services. Volia currently…
EU: Premier League viewing allowed on foreign set-tops
Football fans should be allowed to legally buy and use set-top smartcards from foreign broadcasters,…
MyTF1VOD offering US shows via Facebook
French broadcaster TF1’s video-on-demand service MyTF1VOD is making US series available via Facebook for the…
Iskon makes major channel investment
Croatian IPTV operator Iskon.TV has added 34 channels to its line-up. The T-Hrvastki Telekom-owned operator…
L’Equipe TV looking to go free-to-air
Following TF1’s request for information channel LCI to be moved to free-to-air on France’s digital-terrestrial…
Turner offers Adult Swim episodes via Facebook
Turner Broadcasting UK has begun offering shows from its Adult Swim animation channel on Facebook…
Kroes hails role of cable in meeting Digital Agenda
European Commissioner Neelie Kroes has said she would welcome greater price competition from cable and…
Food Network HD on Zon
Scripps Networks International’s Food Network HD channel will be available as part of Portuguese pay…
UPC Czech adds Stil
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added Czech entertainment channel Stil to its digital line-up….
Nick HD in Polish launch
An HD version of kids channel Nickelodeon has launched in Poland on Cyfrowy Polsat’s DTH…
Red Bee metadata on the Horizon
Broadcast services provider Red Bee Media has been selected by UPC Broadband, Liberty Global’s European…
On Demand Group names Riome as MD
SeaChange International-owned video-on-demand specialist On Demand Group (ODG) has named Stephen Riome as its new…
Channel 4 takes more capacity on Astra for HD
Satellite operator SES has struck a new long-term contract with UK broadcaster Channel 4 to…
DTS partners with Adobe for connected TV surround sound
Digital TV audio specialist DTS has announced a partnership with Adobe to deliver its surround…
thePlatform names engineering chief
Comcast-owned white-label video publishing specialist thePlatform has appointed Mike Horwitz as vice-president of engineering. Horwitz…
Microsoft reportedly in talks with Lovefilm for XBox Live service
Microsoft is in talks to offer online pay TV services via the Xbox 360 games…
CS Link owner M7 acquires rival SkyLink service
Luxembourg-based M7 Group has acquired Czech and Slovak satellite pay TV provider Skylink, according to…
DTG’s D-Book 7 approves HbbTV specs
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the standards organisation that represents over 100 UK TV companies,…
4oD continues to grow
4oD, the on-demand platform operated by UK broadcaster Channel 4, attracted 31 million long-form views…
Nagra to buy Sigma’s SIS platform for advanced advertising
Interactive TV specialist Nagravision has announced plans to ramp up its advanced advertising business in…
Free-to-air LCI would send “bad signal” on future of pay TV
Allowing TF1-owned information channel LCI to go free-to-air would send “a very bad signal” about…
Fox to deliver The Walking Dead on free VOD service in Russia
Fox International Channels (FIC) has signed a deal to provide the second series of its…